Allison+Partners plants flag in GermanyThe MDC Partners agency has established a presence in the German market by acquiring Berlin- and Munich-based agency Higher Ground communications, it said Tuesday morning, making Allison the latest firm to move into the country. Edelman and Golin made moves to create footprints there in recent months. Higher Ground will drop its branding, but its principals will stay on with Allison.

Another executive change at TwitterTwitter product head Jeff Seibert has exited that role, according to Recode, which reports he is instead managing Twitter’s product development suite, Fabric. The company does not have a full-time replacement in line for Seibert, who was the fourth person in the role since 2014.

Edelman debuts public affairs platformThe agency’s global public affairs practice rolled out Edelman Edge, a research and analysis tool designed to give clients local insight into international public affairs issues. The firm says the tool is "built on local expertise and knowledge" and will give clients insight into 25 political, economic, social, and cultural drivers.

Trump campaign struggles with Trump University responseDonald Trump told surrogates to respond forcefully to attacks on his comments about the judge in the Trump University case, demanding they call members of the media and other critics racists, according to contents of a Monday conference call leaked to Bloomberg. Trump’s statements that a federal judge’s Mexican-American background means he has a conflict of interest in the case have put fellow Republicans in a tough spot, having to criticize his comments but defend their support for their party’s presumptive nominee.